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bushwhacker

Syllabification: (bush·whack·er)
Definition of bushwhacker

noun

  • 1North American & Australian/New Zealand a person who clears woods and bush country.
  • a person who lives or travels in bush country.
  • 2US a guerrilla fighter (originally in the American Civil War).

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